Insider trade

10% owner sold ~$217 of HSY shares in the open market

Traded Mar 26, 2026 · Filed Mar 27, 2026

Hershey Company (The)HSY

~$217
Reported value · 1 sh @ $217.01: 1.98M
Holds after · shares reported: −23.5%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +20.1%, $210.43 → $161.01 on Oct 5

Why it stands out

A big owner of Hershey sold $217 of Hershey shares. Nobody planned it ahead of time.

Written from the filing's own figures. OQRO describes what was reported and never tells you what to buy or sell

View the official recordSEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

All the details

Dates, kept separate

Transaction date: Mar 26, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Mar 27, 2026

10% owner<$25K

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$217

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

49 days after results of Feb 5, 2026, 5 days before results of Mar 31, 2026

Results dates are the company's own 8-K (Item 2.02). Many companies only let insiders trade in a window after results

Price at the time

Closed at $210.43 on Mar 26, 2026, 39% above its 52-week low and 11% below its high, after a 9% drop over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $151.29 (May 21, 2025) to $236.28 (Feb 27, 2026), 70% of the way up, from 251 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $230.85 on Feb 11, 2026. Describes the past only, not a forecast

Planned / mechanical clue

None found in footnotes

Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred

After it was reported

After	Stock	S&P 500	Difference
7 days	−2.6%	+4.3%	−6.9%
30 days	−11.4%	+12.6%	−24.0%
90 days	−15.0%	+17.3%	−32.2%
180 days	−23.0%	+21.1%	−44.2%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0000950142-26-000895
Filed / recorded: Mar 27, 2026, 9:40 PM UTC
Added to OQRO: Oct 2, 2026, 12:28 PM UTC
Parser: form4-xml-v1
Data quality: Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer: HERSHEY CO
Issuer CIK: 47111
Ticker: HSY
Reporting person: HERSHEY TRUST CO TRUSTEE IN TRUST FOR MILTON HERSHEY SCHOOL
Relationship: 10% owner
Security: Common Stock, $1.00 par value
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Mar 26, 2026
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 1
Price per share: $217.01
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 1,976,119
Ownership form: Direct
Amendment: No

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